Visual Analytics in Data-driven Journalism

VALID is a research project that investigates and develops the field of data-driven journalism. It studies data-journalistic routines and creates tools that will help journalists to better work with heterogenous datasources.

The tool development makes use of visual-analytics technologies and aims at finding practical ways for journalists to handle time-oriented text and network data.

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We’re happy to announce that VALiD won an appreciation prize at the Lower Austrian Innovation Prize! The Lower Austrian Innovation Prize known as der Niederösterreichische Innovationspreis in German, awards innovative projects from businesses and research facilities that advance the economic development and further the competitiveness of Lower Austria. VALiD received an honorary award of appreciation. We’re looking forward to the award ceremony in October, of which the team of FH St. Pölten will be a part of.